Modern Civil Rights Era

               After reading the news article about the Situation at the Jena, Louisiana, it's hard to believe that something like this still continues to happen today. As we said in class, our generation seems to be one that sees race and color less, and less; and unfortunately, this is proof that there will always be hatred and racism throughout our society, even though the mass majority have done their best to abolish it. This particular incident is very similar, yet very different from the Little Rock scenario. They both deal with the issue of race in public schools, and the racist acts which are aimed towards blacks. However, the crowds and protesters are the exact opposite. In the Little Rock event, the protesters were angry Caucasians who were furious with the thought of integrated schools and thought racism was more than okay; but in the Jena case, it was the blacks and whites alike who thought that the acts of racism were wrong, and should be punished more severely.